Saddlebag Dispatches-August 2025

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Step into the Old West with the August 2025 issue of </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Saddlebag Dispatches </em></strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>packed with history fiction and exclusive interviews that bring the frontier to life.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>This issue features Will Rogers Medallion-winning author Anthony Wood's Deadly Secrets of Wynn Parish the first in a two-part series uncovering the rise and fall of the West-Kimbrel Gang. In addition readers will find an in-depth interview with </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>New York Times</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> bestselling author Chris Enss The Wild West Historian conducted by George Clay Mitchell. Enss discusses her long career her approach to writing and her deep ties to Deadwood history. Alongside these highlights our pages are filled with fresh voices and seasoned talents alike. We present award-winning poetry powerful short fiction and the latest winners of our annual Mustang Award for Western Flash Fiction. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Whether you're drawn to true tales of outlaws and lawmen the craft of storytelling or the enduring legacy of the American frontier this issue delivers it all. With its mix of history literature and cultural commentary </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Saddlebag Dispatches</em> </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>continues to be the magazine for anyone passionate about the West.</span></p><p></p>